Day of Horrors in San Antonio 1840 remembered
A hundred years ago on March 29 1840 Comanche and San Antonio chiefs clashed in the courthouse square. Mary Maverick and others watched as fighting spread through Main Plaza. The day ended with 33 Indians killed 32 captured and 6 Americans dead or wounded with grisly post events reported.
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Wong Matilda Lockhart
Higginbothams
Commerce Street
Dr. We
Bexar
Weideman
Esequia
Water Gipsies Bought by RKO for Screen
RKO has acquired Water Gipsies the A P Herbert novel and stage play. Producer Erich Pommer will bring it to film as a star vehicle for Maureen O Hara, following her acclaimed roles in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and A Bill of Divorce. O Hara is set to star in One of Six Girls this spring.
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Pommer Jase
Flower Battle Plans Being Laid For Fiesta of San Jacinto
Fiesta de San Jacinto preparations advance as the Battle of Flowers Association organizes committees for patriotic entries decoration fete tickets and grandstand events. Names of chairs and members from Mesdames Grant Lehmann Haggard and others are listed along with committee roles and transport plans. Gable Pictures headlines note Clark Gable in Witch of the Wilderness and The Great Canadian.
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San Jacinto
Plestu
Samry
Frank Haggard
R. S. White
Dick Prussell
Gilbert Denman
Robert R. Witt
Artur Mots
Harry Droughter
Miss Corte Worren
Mesdamen P. J. Nixon
Tom H. Etheridge
Werner Beckmann
A. C. McDavid
Hull Youngblood
Stafford Lightburn
Charles ‘Irnehart
Edward Downie
Edwin Jones
Mesdames Chester
Kilpatrick
Jessie Jones
Aldes Cadwallader
Amos Graves
Ernest Hisller
Frank Atwater
J. M. Gooper
Mesdames Dames G
On Papa's Night Out. A Preview of 8 A Fiesta's Peep Shows
A San Antonio penny arcade preview lists upcoming Fiesta week acts. Highlights include Pierre at Work with a painterly gag, the lighthearted A Dip for Kitty with a cowhand tale, and other fare like In a Girls Dormitory and Paris Models.
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Jeff Davis
Abia
America
Pierre
Onsie
Suny
Jenal
Hkitty
Tom
Mix
Woolford
Charlie Chaplin
Kitty
Kity
Eustace
Easter weddings planned for Air Cadets at Kelly Field
Forty cadets from the TTT graduating class at Kelly Field plan Easter Sunday weddings before receiving their Wings at the advanced school in Ilvine. Officers must be off base by 3 pm Saturday and may fly Sunday morning, delaying nuptials and upsetting families awaiting ceremonies. Local couples include Miss Dean Fates and David Barchinol, Miss Ruth Rutherford and James Clarke Selman, with weddings in Oklahoma City and at family homes.
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Dan Cupid
United States Air C
TTT
Kelly] Field
Advanced School
Ilvine
Lohengrin
Dean Fates
David Barchinol
Major
Clarke Fates
Mss Peles
Theb
Ruth Rutherford
Janes Clarke Selman
Air Corps
Holy Ow
Georgia
Thase
War Department
Biv Antonin
Shirley Picture Budget for Anne of Windy Poplars
Large budget allocated for the Shirley star vehicle Anne of Windy Poplars to be produced for RyK-O. Radio by Guilt Reid. The decision cites Shirley's brilliant performance as Carole Lombard's sister in Vigil in the Night and the project will be directed by Jack Hivesy.
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Anne
Windy Poplars
Vehice
Anne Shirey
Ryk-O. Hadio
Guilt Reid
Miss Shirley
Carole Lombard
Jack Hivesy
Wilcox Plans Return to England by Atlantic Clipper
Producer director Herbert Wilcox boards the Atlantic Clipper for England next month, his sixth flight in 20 years. A former altitude record holder at 21 000 feet and first to fly over 100 mph, he is at RKO making Irene with Anne Neagle. He aims to reopen his film studio in England.
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Herbert Wilcox
England
Aviato
Wilcox
R-K-O
Irene
Anne Neagle
Miss Neagle
Johnston Branch Auxiliary Meeting at St. Mark’s
The Johnston Branch Auxiliary of St. Mark's Episcopal Church gathers for a noonday Holy Week service at 12:05 p.m. Mrs. George Judyon leads the study during the hour, with the senior Girls’ Friendly Society group meeting at 6:18 p.m. A Philippines mission talk by Mrs. C. BE. Braid closes with devotional singing by Evelyn Winterborne and May Chatfe.
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Girls’ Friendly Society of
St. Mark's Princopal Church
Ususl
Philippines
Evelyn Winterborne
May Chatfe
Local Parent Teacher and Women’s Clubs Report Meetings
The Tynan P T A met with Mrs Drue Harvell presiding to plan the Easter egg hunt at Tynan School on March 21 at 1 30 pm. Officers elected include Mrs Dene Hurrell president and Mrs Wibrock and Mrs Munson as secretary and treasurer. Social hour followed with hostesses listed. The San Antonio Credit Women's Breakfast Club met at the Gunter hotel with Luellie Toudouze presiding. Gilbert Marbark spoke and was introduced by Ada Shepherd. A book review is set for the terrace room at the Gunter with Mrs Sherwood Avery reviewing Itty Foyle by Christopher Morley. The Ida M Martin Past Presidents club of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic to meet Tuesday at 12 30 pm at Mrs Sarah Fox’s home with Mrs Louise Ewing assisting, followed by a business session led by Mrs Eula Flanagan.
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Elizabeth Tynan P
T. A
Whitaheth Tynan Parent Teacher Association
Drue Harvell
Tynan School
E. Buch
Dene Hurrell
W. Wibrock
San Antonio Credit Women's Breakfast Club
Gunter Hotel
Ellie Toudouze
Gilbert Marbark
Mins Ada Shepherd
Terrace
Sherwood Avery
Itty Foyle
Christopher Morley
Lipscomb
Heioman
Co Os
Ida M. Martin
The
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Sarah B. Fox
West
Houston Street
Louise T. Ewing
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Haskett Travel Service
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Yoray
RKO
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Jewel Martin
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Hellamar Conrad Pape
K. E. Sparkman
French Ferguson
W. C. Sickle
Edna Clint
Louise Rupe
Arthur Sandhin
Edgar O. Quinn
Virginia Dorsey
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Vernon Fortasinin
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Linder
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Rhea
W. E. Copeland
San Antonio Self Culture Club
Brandt Badger
Mls Mutry
Wortense Aranda
Jake Cassentya
J. Aramta
Shirley
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Siridhly
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